Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, March 15th

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, March 15th

Friday, March 15th

“The Mandela Barnes interview” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to discuss his first couple of months in the office and the his vision for creating opportunity in Wisconsin over the next few years. In our third installment of Sarah “what the Godlewski does the state treasurer do?” We review her effort to help UW system graduates refinance their student loan debt and GOP State Rep. Michael Schraa failing to honor his promise to sponsor legislation to put some authority and power back into the state treasurer’s office. We also discuss: Congressman Mark Pocan’s threat to sue ICE for records related to Wisconsin arrests last year; GOP Legislative leaders plan to intervene in Planned Parenthood case challenging abortion laws; Wisconsin is now the top 2020 battleground state; and State Sen. Dale Kooyenga says he will consider supporting accepting the federal money to expand BadgerCare. Read More

The Mandela Barnes interview

The Mandela Barnes interview

“The Mandela Barnes interview” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast

We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to discuss his first couple of months in the office and the his vision for creating opportunity in Wisconsin over the next few years. In our third installment of Sarah “what the Godlewski does the state treasurer do?” We review her effort to help UW system graduates refinance their student loan debt and GOP State Rep. Michael Schraa failing to honor his promise to sponsor legislation to put some authority and power back into the state treasurer’s office. We talk about Congressman Mark Pocan’s threat to sue ICE for records related to Wisconsin arrests last year; GOP Legislative leaders plan to intervene in Planned Parenthood case challenging abortion laws; Wisconsin is now the top 2020 battleground state; and State Sen. Dale Kooyenga says he will consider supporting accepting the federal money to expand BadgerCare.
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Press Clips

Links:
Proposed refinancing authority aims to help UW graduates with student loan debt.
FOX 11 Investigates: Proposal to add duties to treasurer’s office.
Wisconsin Emerges as the Top 2020 Battleground.
GOP Legislature planning to intervene in Planned Parenthood case challenging abortion laws
Mark Pocan threatens to sue ICE for additional records related to Wisconsin arrests.
Republican Party of Wisconsin: Milwaukee’s Socialist History Made Convention Site an Obvious Choice

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Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, March 8th


Friday, March 8th

Make Phone calls for Supreme Court Justice Candidate Lisa Neubauer from home! Capture_ar.png

We are calling into rural areas of Wisconsin to talk to women voters about why candidate Lisa Neubauer is the right choice for Wisconsin.  We’ve removed all the bad numbers from your calls in 2018, and added some new people in who are likely to vote in this election. If you haven’t used Open VPB before, click here for instructions, otherwise, the links to each area of the state are below and live! Read More

Eric Genrich

Citizen Action Northeast WI Co-op member, Eric Genrich, was endorsed by the Citizen Action of Wisconsin in his race for mayor of Green Bay. Eric is a former state representative and a founding member of the Northeast co-op.

Eric was a leader on expanding access to healthcare in the legislature, co-sponsoring the BadgerCare Public Option bill that is now supported by Gov. Tony Evers and would open BadgerCare healthcare coverage to more individuals and small business.

As mayor Eric will invest in renewable energy projects to power Green Bay and provide good jobs in the green economy for Green Bay’s workers.

Eric Genrich is being challenged by a conservative opponent. The seat is open and an excellent opportunity to elect a progressive leader mayor of Green Bay.

Find out more about Eric Genrich.
Donate to Eric.
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Learn more about Citizen Action Northeast Organizing Co-op.

You can register to vote at the polls. Click here to find your polling location.

Rural Wisconsin is in big trouble

Rural Wisconsin is in big trouble. Wisconsin farmers are beset with ongoing low prices and loss of vital foreign markets (Trump’s trade wars). The state has lost over 700 family dairy farms in an economy that isn’t working. And, the resultant economic fallout is threatening small towns. Community banks, family businesses and local health care providers will be hit hard, including rural hospitals.

Citizen Action Weekly: March 1, 2019

Citizen Action of Wisconsin is excited to announce Fabi Maldonado as our new Greater Milwaukee Co-op Organizer.

Fabi has strong progressive values and is dedicated to movement work stretching from resisting at Standing Rock – sacred grounds, to leading the $1 decriminalization of cannabis efforts in his hometown of Racine, which is now spreading throughout the state.

Fabi is committed to tackling injustices rooted in social, racial, and economic issues, and will work to include more of our allies in our diverse communities in the Co-op, as well as continue to build and support strong, progressive people power with Greater Milwaukee Co-op members. Read More

Trump’s unmet promises

Candidate Trump made many promises in 2016, mostly unmet. His tax cuts largely helped big business and the wealthy, not regular folks. And, the Trump alternative to the Affordable Care Act was to repeal, with no replacement. Trump also pledged massive infrastructure spending. Empty words, despite much of the nation and Wisconsin in disrepair. The American Society of Civil Engineers’ infrastructure report gave a D+ to the U.S. And, it rated Wisconsin: 8.7 percent of bridges are “structurally deficient”, 27 percent of roads in “poor condition”, and over $7 billion needed for drinking and wastewater infrastructure.

Citizen Action Weekly: Friday, February 15th

Friday, February 15th

Northeast Co-op Asks Senator Feyen to Support BadgerCare Expansion

State Senator Feyen held a town hall on Monday Feb 11 in Fond du Lac County, which the Northeast organizer, Jolie Lizotte, and a couple constituents from Oshkosh attended to ask the Senator to support expanding BadgerCare in the state budget. The Senator is not staunchly opposed to the expansion so we will continue to lobby him this spring to persuade him to vote for it. We also asked him if supported overturning Citizens United (he does not) and if he supported nonpartisan redistricting (he does not).

Upcoming Event: Appleton BadgerCare Expansion Campaign Strategy Session

Tuesday February 19 7-8:30pm at the Appleton Public Library Room A

The goal for this strategy session is decide how we want to implement the Medicaid Expansion campaign in Northeast Wisconsin – what will our local tactics be and what is our anticipated timeline – as well as to answer any questions folks may have about the state budget process and why we want to win on this issue. I am looking into having a video conference option for folks who live outside of the Appleton metro area and if we are able to do that I will send a follow up email with that information.

Facebook event: //www.facebook.com/events/820147388319481/ Read More